When American life is most American it is apt to be most theatrical.

Ralph Ellison
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  1. Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

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  5. I was no longer afraid. Not of important men, not of trustees and such; for knowing now that there was nothing which I could expect from them, there was no reason to be afraid.

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